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Granted Patent B2
US 11,222,952 · App. 16/749,897 · Granted Jan 11, 2022

Gate all around transistors with high charge mobility channel materials

Inventors: Bin Yang (San Diego, CA); Haining Yang (San Diego, CA); Xia Li (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H01L29/1033H01L29/16H01L29/201H01L29/432H01L29/66484H01L29/66522H01L29/7831
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Patent No.
US 11,222,952
App. No.
16/749,897
Granted
Jan 11, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device comprising an N-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) gate-all-around (GAA) transistor and a P-type metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) GAA transistor with high charge mobility channel materials is disclosed. The semiconductor device may include a substrate. The semiconductor device may also include an NMOS GAA transistor on the substrate, wherein the NMOS GAA transistor comprises a first channel material. The semiconductor device may further include a PMOS GAA transistor on the substrate, wherein the PMOS GAA transistor comprises a second channel material. The first channel material may have an electron mobility greater than an electron mobility of Silicon (Si) and the second channel material may have a hole mobility greater than a hole mobility of Si.

Claims (29)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate;

an etch stop layer on the substrate;

an isolation layer on top of the etch stop layer;

an N-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) gate-all-around (GAA) transistor directly on the etch stop layer, the NMOS GAA transistor comprising a first channel material; and

a P-type metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) GAA transistor directly on the isolation layer, the PMOS GAA transistor comprising a second channel material,

wherein the first channel material has an electron mobility greater than an electron mobility of Silicon (Si) and the second channel material has a hole mobility greater than a hole mobility of Si.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises at least one of Germanium (Ge), Gallium Arsenide (GaAs), Ge/Si, and GaAs/Si.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the NMOS GAA transistor comprises a plurality of gate layers and a plurality of channel layers that alternate with one another, and wherein the plurality of channel layers comprise the first channel material.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of gate layers comprise Hafnium Oxide (HfO 2 ) and Titanium Aluminum Nitride (TiAlN).

5. The semiconductor device of claim 3 , wherein the first channel material comprises GaAs.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the PMOS GAA transistor comprises a plurality of gate layers and a plurality of channel layers that alternate with one another, and wherein the plurality of channel layers comprise the second channel material.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of gate layers comprise HfO 2 and Titanium Nitride (TiN).

8. The semiconductor device of claim 6 , wherein the second channel material comprises Ge.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the etch stop layer comprises at least one of GaAs and Aluminum Arsenide (AlAs).

10. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the isolation layer comprises N-type doped Ge.

11. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising an isolation structure between the NMOS GAA transistor and the PMOS GAA transistor.

12. The semiconductor device of claim 11 , wherein the isolation structure comprises a shallow trench isolation (STI) region.

13. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising:

forming an etch stop layer on a substrate;

forming an isolation layer on top of the etch stop layer;

forming an N-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) gate-all-around (GAA) transistor directly on the etch stop layer, the NMOS GAA transistor comprising a first channel material; and

forming a P-type metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) GAA transistor directly on the isolation layer, the PMOS GAA transistor comprising a second channel material,

wherein the first channel material has an electron mobility greater than an electron mobility of Silicon (Si) and the second channel material has a hole mobility greater than a hole mobility of Si.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the NMOS GAA transistor comprises a plurality of gate layers and a plurality of channel layers that alternate with one another, and wherein the plurality of channel layers comprise the first channel material.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first channel material comprises Gallium Arsenide (GaAs).

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the PMOS GAA transistor comprises a plurality of gate layers and a plurality of channel layers that alternate with one another, and wherein the plurality of channel layers comprise the second channel material.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the second channel material comprises Germanium (Ge).

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the substrate comprises at least one of Ge, GaAs, Ge/Si, and GaAs/Si.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2020
From: YANG, BIN; YANG, HAINING; LI, XIA
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 053541/0909 →
Continuity (1)
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